Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Indiana Hoosiers

Sep 20, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
ILL	7	3	0	0	10
IU	14	21	14	14	63

Game Recap

No. 19 Indiana takes control quickly and overwhelms No. 9 Illinois in 63-10 victory. Fernando Mendoza threw five touchdown passes and D'Angelo Ponds scooped up the punt he blocked and returned it 11 yards for a score Saturday night, leading <a..

Scoring Summary

ILLIU

Q19:26D'Angelo Ponds 11 Yd Return of Blocked Punt (Nico Radicic Kick).07
Q18:24Collin Dixon 59 Yd pass from Luke Altmyer (David Olano Kick).77
Q14:41Omar Cooper Jr. 11 Yd pass from Fernando Mendoza (Nico Radicic Kick).714
Q211:05E.J. Williams Jr. 11 Yd pass from Fernando Mendoza (Nico Radicic Kick).721
Q26:17Riley Nowakowski 43 Yd pass from Fernando Mendoza (Nico Radicic Kick).728
Q21:09Elijah Sarratt 9 Yd pass from Fernando Mendoza (Nico Radicic Kick).735
Q20:00David Olano 46 Yd Field Goal.1035
Q311:38Kaelon Black 40 Yd Run (Nico Radicic Kick).1042
Q35:02Elijah Sarratt 5 Yd pass from Fernando Mendoza (Nico Radicic Kick).1049
Q414:09Khobie Martin 31 Yd Run (Nico Radicic Kick).1056
Q46:38Khobie Martin 8 Yd Run (Nico Radicic Kick).1063

Game Drives

1st Quarter

Punt — 5 plays, 13 yards, 2:14
00
Punt — 3 plays, 2 yards, 2:03
00
Punt Touchdown — 3 plays, -3 yards, 1:17
07
Touchdown — 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:02
77
Touchdown — 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:43
714
Punt — 3 plays, -8 yards, 1:56
714
Punt — 3 plays, -2 yards, 1:04
714

2nd Quarter

Punt — 3 plays, 7 yards, 1:55
714
Touchdown — 7 plays, 56 yards, 3:41
721
Punt — 4 plays, 17 yards, 2:29
721
Touchdown — 4 plays, 80 yards, 2:19
728
Punt — 3 plays, -3 yards, 1:54
728
Touchdown — 9 plays, 65 yards, 3:14
735
End of Half — 8 plays, 47 yards, 1:09
1035

3rd Quarter

Touchdown — 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:22
1042
Punt — 3 plays, -6 yards, 1:39
1042
Touchdown — 9 plays, 44 yards, 4:57
1049
Punt — 3 plays, -1 yard, 0:46
1049

4th Quarter

Touchdown — 8 plays, 69 yards, 5:07
1056
Punt — 3 plays, -1 yard, 2:08
1056
Touchdown — 8 plays, 67 yards, 5:23
1063
Interception — 5 plays, 23 yards, 1:49
1063
End of Game — 7 plays, 45 yards, 4:49
1063

Team Stats

ILL

10Points63

161Total Yards579

159Pass Yards267

2Rush Yards312

20:17Time of Possession39:43

9First Downs31

1Touchdowns9

1(1)Field Goals(Attempts)0(0)

1Turnovers0

23Penalty Yards10

Game Details

Saturday, September 20, 2025 · 7:30 PM

Memorial Stadium · Bloomington, IN

attendance: 56,088 (106.5%)